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A fragment from the article by Keith A. The ligaments of the catarrhine monkeys, with references to corresponding structures in man (1894). The paper discusses the development, anatomy, and presence of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) in various monkeys. The author found in an experiment that the gibbon's LCF strength is more than 11 kg. For reference: the black-handed gibbon (Hylobates agilis) can weigh up to 8 kg (wikipedia.org), and the white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) weighs 5-7 kg (sakhalinzoo.ru).

 

Quote pp. 158-159.

Ligaments of the Hip-Joint. – Professor Bischoff (1) observed that the ligamentum teres of the hip-joint was well developed in the Gorilla. This observation has several times been verified in the Chimpanzee: Owen (2) and Langer (3) found it absent in the Orang, although traces were present. In the Gibbon it is invariably present, and after the limb was severed from the trunk by all but the ligamentum teres, I found it sustained a weight of 25 lbs [11.3 kg]. without rupturing. Morphologically, it may be part of the general capsule of the joint, which has been cut off by the confluence of the lateral wings of the caput femoris, just as a part of the ligamentum posticum of the knee-joint would be isolated were the condylar extremities of the femur to coalesce. The whole of the femoral neck is included in the capsule; and as Owen (2) observed in the Orang, the anterior and inferior aspects of the neck are covered by synovial membrane. Cowper's baud, evidently of the same nature as the ligamentum teres, from which it has been separated by the confluence of the articular surface of the caput femoris, runs along the undersurface of the neck, adherent to the periosteum. A synovial mesentery binds the lower part of Cowper's band to the capsule of the joint.

1 Th. L. W. Bischoff, Anatomie der Gorilla, Munchen, 1879.

2 Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1830.

3 S. B. Akder Wien, Band lxxix. Abtheilung iii.


External links

Keith A. The ligaments of the catarrhine monkeys, with references to corresponding structures in man. Journal of anatomy and physiology. 1894;28(Pt 2)149-68.  pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov


Authors & Affiliations

Arthur Keith (1866-1955) was a British anatomist and anthropologist. wikipedia.org

Arthur Keith.
Author and date unknown; original in the 
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Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, strength, development, absence, anatomy, animals

                                                                     

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